LA IMAGEN DE MEDEA EN LA CERÁMICA DEL PINTOR DE POLICORO Y EN LA DE SU DISCÍPULO: REPRESENTACIÓN PICTÓRICA DE UNA METÁFORA EMOCIONAL

Abstract

In this paper I analyse the pictorial representation of the myth of Medea both in the ceramics of the Policoro painter and his disciple. Firstly, I will refer to the complexity of the Athenian production of ceramics. Secondly, I will analyse, on the one hand, the Policorohydria and, on the other, the Cleveland hydria. Finally, I will compare them, and I will focus on high lighting how, from the objects, the ceramographers look for a certain representation, a successful commercialization, and an emotional metaphor so that the viewer understands the represented scene.